Car journal box



May 28, 1929. G. A. WOODMAN CAR JOURNAL BOX Filed Sept. 10, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 28, 1929.

G. A. WOODMAN CAR JOURNAL BOX Filed Sept. 10, 1926 2 Sheets-Sh et 2 ug/euo Patented May 28, 1929.

unites starts rarest clerics- GEORGE A. WOODMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WOODMAN RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CAR JOURNAL BOX.

Application filed September 10, 1926. Serial No. 134,588.

This invention relates to car journal boxes and its object is to prolong the life of the box by protecting it against wearing engagement with the pedestal awe and the equalizer bar.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a journal box with a liner at each side thereof having a portion forming a liner or wear plate for the equalizer bar; to anchorthe liner to the box; and to anchor the equalizer bar to the liner. And a further object is to protect the top of the box against wear from the bearing wedge.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the invention in selected embodiments and referring thereto Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a journal box (without the lid) embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the box partly in section. Y

' Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a liner for one half of the box.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a one-piece liner for both sides and the top of the box.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing another manner of anchoring the liner to the box.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of a box showing another embodiment of the wedge liner.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view showing another way of anchoring the outside liners to the box. I

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View of the wedge liner shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings 6 is the ournal box having side ribs 7 and top ribs 8. The box may be of any construction to which my invention is or may be adapted, the draw ng showing a commercial type of box with which I propose to use the invention.

The single liner shown in Fig. 3 comprises a plate 9 having side flanges 10, a bottom hook projection 11, and an inclined arm 12 having a horizontal extension 13 provided with an anchor lug 14. When the liner is made in this form two are used on each box, one on .each side of the box, and the two liners are made alike and are interchangeable one for the other. The liner plate fits between the side ribs 7-7 on the box, and the flanges 1010 on the liner plate receive the jaw of the car truck pedestal. The upper portion of the liner plate is slitted downward from the upper end of the plate to form the arm 12 which is bent inwardly and provided with a horizontal extension 13 having an end lug 14 to form an'anchor for engagement with-the recess 15 in the top of the box, the extension being recessed at 16 alongside of the lug. This construction permits two liner, plates exactly alike to be applied to the sides of the. box with the anchor lugs engaged end to end in the recess 15, the lug of one liner plate being disposed in the recess 16 of the other liner plate. The upper portions 17 of the plate, alongside the arm 12, project upward in the plane ofthe body of the plate to engage the pedestal jaw throughout the height of the box, or substantially so.

The arm 12 inclines across the recessed part 6 in the side of the box so that the extensions 13 on two liner plates together form a liner or wear plate on the top of the box to receive the equalizer bar 18. The lug 14 projects upward to engage a recess 19 in the equalizer bar, as well as downward to engage the recess 15 in the top of the box, so that this lug constitutes an anchor for engaging the liner plate with the box and the equalizer bar with the liner plate and through the liner plate with the box. After the liner has been arranged in place on the box the projection 11 is heated and bent upward into hook form to engage the bottom of the box whereby the liner is held in fixed position on the box by engagement of the anchor lug 14 and the hook 11 with the box. The liner or wear plate for the equalizer bar provided by the extensions 13 of two plates 9 prevents the. equalizer bar from wearing the top of the box just as the liner plates 9 prevent the pedestal jaws from wearing the sides of the box, and this forms a substantial and eficientprotection for the box against wear from these parts and thereby prolongs the life of the box.

Since the single liner is interchangeable for use on either side of the box it may be desirable to embody the invention in this form, but I may make two single liners in one piece to form the double liner 20 shown in Fig. 4. This double liner comprises two single liners joined together at the single anchor lug 21 which, it will be observed, is equivalent to the two anchor lugs on two single liners. I may also use two single liner plates for a box and weld them together to form a double liner substantially as shown in Fig. 4, and this may be done before or after the liner is applied to the box.

I may provide a side lug 22 on the equalizer bar liner extension 13 to engage a recess like 23 in the top rib 8 on the box instead of providing a recess like in the top of the box and forming the anchoring to engage the same.

I also prefer to provide an inside liner 2%- (Fig. 6) for the top of the box to protect it against wear from the wedge 25. his liner may be secured to the top of the box by rivets 26 or by welding or other suitable means; and the liner may have an anchor 27 projecting through an opening 28 in the top of the box and engaged by the equalizer bar. In this construction the extensions 13 on the single liner would have s 'le projections 29 engaging recesses 30 in the ribs 8 on the box.

I have provided a novel means of simple construction for protecting the top of the box as well as the sides oi? the box against Wear in service and thereby prolonging the life of the box and reducing the cost of maintenance. By making the liner in the terms shown and described I simplify the means for protecting the box and enable the outside liner to be applied to the top as well as to the side of the box in one operation requiring only the bending of the book 11 to secure the liner in permanent position on the box. It may be desirable to change the form and construction of parts of the invention more or less to adapt it for different boxes and I reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the following claims.

a I claim:

1. A one-piece liner for journal boxes com prising a side plate to fit against a side of the box for engagen'ient with-a pedestal aw, said side plate being slitted downward from its top and the slitted part being inclined and forming an arm, and a horizontal extension on the upper end f said arm to fit against the top of the box and receive an equalizerbar.

2. A one-piece liner for journal boxes having a part thereof to fit against a side of the box for engagement with a pedestal jaw and a part thereof to fit against the top of the box and under an equalizer bar and receive said equalizer bar, and a lug on the under side of the latter part to make anchoring engagement with the box.

3. A one-piece liner for journal boxes having a part thereof to fit against a side of the box for engagement with a pedestal jaw and a part thereoi to fit against the top of the box and receive an equalizer bar, and a lug on the upper side of the latter part to make anchoring engagement with an equalizerbar.

4. A one-piece liner for journal boxes having a part thereof to fit against a side of the box for engagement with a pedestal jaw and a part thereof to .fit against the top of the box and receive an equalizer bar, and a lug on said latter part projecting downward to make anchoring engagement with the box and projecting upward to make anchoring engagement with an equalizer bar.

5. A one-piece liner for journal boxes having a part thereof to lit against a side of the box for engagement with a pedestal and a part thereottto fit against the top oi": the box and under an equalizer bar and receive said equalizer bar, there being a lug at the top of the liner for engagement with the top oi? the box and a projection at the bottom of the liner adapted to bebent to form a hook for engagement with the bottom of the box.

6. The combination of a journal box having a recess in the top thereof, of a liner having a part to fit against a side of the box for engagement with a pedestal jaw :and a part to fit against the top of the box and under an equalizer bar and receive said equalizer bar, a hook on the first part to engage the bottom of the box, and a lug on the sec- 0nd part to engage said recess.

GEORGE A. /VOODMAN. 

